US politics, computer touching, and protecting transgender people
If you are not transgender, and you are in charge of software decisions and demographic information, here is a free tip:
Unless it is critically necessary to the function of your software, the best thing you can do to protect trans people at this time is to **not collect any gender information.**
There are almost zero cases where gender is relevant to the function of a piece of software. If your knee-jerk reaction is that your software does need it, please examine if that's really true, or if you just assumed.
Many non-transgender people think gender is a way to distinguish individuals. I search demographic records professionally. That isn't an adequate way to distinguish people from each other, it provides very little information. Many also feel gender is just a basic trait everything should ask about. Please recall that the safest approach to handling any sensitive data is to not store it at all.
If you have questions about something I've said here, please ask. I will answer your questions and we can talk about how to meet your goals.
Amount Currently Raised (Dental): $227
Let’s keep this “short” :)
Thanks to a generous person, I’ve made my goal, but I’m going to keep this post going for hopefully future appointments and of course life expenses
I’m hoping with the new insurance kicking in next month I hope that I don’t have to worry about paying the $146 for my meds, but I’ll have to continue to pay the $12/mo for the bullshit subscription fee 🙄
As always thank you for the help
The move is still happening but currently on hold so any help with that is also appreciated by getting things off my list ❤️
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Because of the recent election, me and my partner no longer feel safe in the US. We're able to move to Germany and have a plan made. We don't have as much saved as we'd like though, and safely moving into Germany will be tricky. We made a gofundme that I'll be linking to if anybody's able to contribute or share it along. I'd also love to get into contact with anybody in Germany who might be able to help talk us through some things. Thank you! 😊
If you are actively hiring for positions in a company that is friendly to transgender people, in a country that is safe for transgender people, and you are willing to sponsor visas for people seeking to emigrate for these positions, I would like to hear from you. https://werd.io/2025/seeking-trans-friendly-employers-who-sponsor-visas
does anyone know why the latest debian live image won't boot on my machine?
CPU: transmeta crusoe flashed with custom 128bit RISC-V firmware
GPU: four nVidia TNT 2 cards running in SLI
RAM: dual mercury delay line (32 words × 17 bits × 2, XMP overclocked, ECC enabled)
storage: ZFS RAID2 array of three hundred free iCloud accounts
network: google pixel 9 pro running gemini nano with the prompt "you are an ethernet card. your job is to route packets. do not hallucinate."
playing any Combat event with a Fighter type ship with "Invaders Must Die" playing ingame
Mimo Orchid (it/its) is an art doll, bug princess, and chronic napper. Loves dressup, bugs, flying, flowers, plushies, toys, games, books. Occasionally doing magic stuff like sigils. it is not human.
Sal Rosegarden (she/her) is the Lady Of The Eternal Garden. Enjoys cooking, reading, flowers. uses "🌱:" when posting. An actual plant woman. Often helping Mimo.
sometimes joined by other friendly entities.
Minors do not interact with posts tagged with 🔞.
Vessel facts:
White, 20s, plural (but often working as one), queer, neurodivergent. Not a person.
if we do something bad please let us know
follow requests are vibes usually
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